A Guide to Implementation Techniques

The need for data transfer of product models between different
areas of manufacturing has long been realised in industry.
The need comes from two main motivators:

Efficiency

Quality Assurance

The generation of a product model is a time consuming
process. If different applications can utilise some or all of
the generated information, the generating process can be minimised,
the product model can be maintained and updated across a wide range
of applications through a product’s life-cycle most
efficiently and the archiving of information can be
minimised. The generation of product models is a process
which is subject to human error. By centralising the source
model and ensuring automatic transfer to the various applications,
the verification of the model is a simpler process.